The University of New Hampshire Law Review
Volume 1, Number 1 (2002) Pierce Law Review, Volume 1, Numbers 1 & 2 (2002)
Dear Reader,
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Pierce Law Review. We are excited, and have worked very hard over the past eight months, to bring you this new publication.
You may notice that a number of the articles in this edition are not typical for a law review. This is because the articles in this edition were held over from our predecessor publication, a scientific journal entitled RISK: Health, Safety & Environment. That journal is currently not in publication, though it may resume at another school in the near future.
As a result, the articles in this volume are rather atypical for a traditional law review, and not all of them entirely legally-related in nature. Nonetheless, we hope you enjoy having the opportunity to read articles on topics you would not have reviewed otherwise. We anticipate you will enjoy our next edition. It will feature traditional law review articles as well as a few more holdover articles from RISK that we believe you will find interesting and engaging. You can expect an entire volume of traditional law review articles in our Fall 2003 edition.
Many Thanks,
Jaime Ackerman and Elizabeth Hochberg
Founding Editors-in-Chief
Pierce Law Review
Prefatory Matter
Table of Contents, Volume 1, Numbers 1 & 2, 2002
Editorial Board
Masthead, Volume 1, Numbers 1 & 2, 2002
Editorial Board
Articles
Preface, Volume 1, Numbers 1 & 2, 2002
Jaime Ackerman and Elizabeth Hochberg
Introduction to Special Issue on Radiation Effects
P. Andrew Karam
Historical Development of the Linear Nonthreshold Dose-Response Model as Applied to Radiation
Ronald L. Kathren
Effects of the Shape of the Radiation Dose-Response
Curve on Public Acceptance of Radiation and Nuclear
Energy
Audeen W. Fentiman
A Method for Modeling Low-Probability, High-
Consequence Risk Events: Vessel Traffic on the Lower
Mississippi River
George Wooddell, Robert Gramling, and Craig J. Forsyth
An Overview of Progress in the International Regulation of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Joan Costa-Font and Aaron Burakoff Harvard University; University of Barcelona
Book Reviews
Review of "The Future of Life," by Edward O. Wilson
Bryan Erickson
Comments
Reply to Dr. Tengs’ Response
Lisa Heinzerling
Editorial Board
- Editors-in-Chief
- Jaime Ackerman
- Elizabeth Hochberg
- Chief Articles Editor
- Charles Maier
- Book Review Editor
- Bryan Erickson
- Citations Editor
- Alicia Albritton
- Technology Editors
- Brian Erickson
- Leon Tynes
- Radiology Papers Guest Editor
- P. Andrew Karam, University of Rochester
Senior Editors
- John Harwood
- Rebecca McKinnon
- Andrew Mierins
- James Steele
Editors
- Rebecca Barry
- Stephen Chan
- Shawn Gorman
- Chris Kroon
- Charles Maier
- Mia Poliquin
Faculty Advisor
- Elizabeth Baker
Business Manager
- Carol Ruh
Introduction to Special Issue on Radiation Effects
P. ANDREW KARAM, RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER*
How dangerous is radiation? How much radiation does it take to give us cancer? Are we wasting money on overly restrictive regulations, or are we not being sufficiently protective of our radiation workers and the public? How much clean-up is necessary on our Department of Energy facilities? What about Yucca Mountain and nuclear reactor plants – can they be made safe?
Continue reading here.
*Dr. Karam is the Radiation Safety Officer at the University of Rochester and a member of the Health Physics Society's Board of Directors. He received his B.A. and M.S. (Geological Sciences) from The Ohio State University, where he also received his Ph.D. (Environmental Sciences). He is board- certified in the comprehensive practice of health physics (CHP) by the American Board of Health Physics. E-mail: Andrew_Karam@URMC.Rochester.edu.